The most memorable last words spoken by 'Game of Thrones' characters

"Game of Thrones" returns on Sunday, which means it's only a matter of time before another favorite character meets their end. But before that, let's honor the ones we've already lost.

Over the past six seasons of the hit HBO show, countless characters have been killed. Some of their final lines have been spoken in the throes of battle, while others were not expected to be the last thing they'd ever say.

As Cersei told Ned back on season one, "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die," and no one is safe.

With a body count destined to rise, here are the most iconic final lines spoken by "Game of Thrones" characters.

Viserys threatens to steal Dany, his sister, away and cut her unborn child out of her womb unless Khal Drogo helps him win back the crown of the Seven Kingdoms. Khal tells him that he will get the crown, and Viserys thinks he has won. Khal proceeds to melt some gold pieces and dumps the melted gold on Viserys' head as he pleads for his life. "A crown for a king," Khal says.

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Robert Baratheon: "My memory. King Robert Baratheon — murdered by a pig. Give me something for the pain, and let me die."

Robert's death was due to his wife.
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King Robert is given an excessive amount of wine — per Cersei's secret orders — during a hunting trip, and while drunk, he is gored by a wild boar. Before he succumbs to his injuries, he has Ned write down his final wish — to have Ned rule until his son Joffrey comes of age. Unfortunately, this order means nothing to Cersei, and thus starts the numerous deaths to come in the game of thrones.

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Syrio Forel: "What do we say to the God of death? ... Go."

Syrio was the best sword teacher.
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During a sword lesson with Arya, the two are interrupted by Lannister men who have come to take her away. A suspicious Syrio engages them in a fight, even though he is only armed with a wooden sword. Arya begs him to escape with her, but he tells her he will not run. He poses his signature question, and she responds, "Not today," before running off.

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Ned Stark: "I am Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Hand of the King. I come before you to confess my treason in the sight of gods and men. I betrayed the faith of my king and the trust of my friend, Robert. I swore to protect and defend his children, but before his blood was cold, I plotted to murder his son and seize the throne for myself. Let the High Septon and Baelor the Blessed bear witness to what I say: Joffrey Baratheon is the one true heir to the Iron Throne, by the grace of all the gods, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm."

This was the first of many deaths to plague the Stark family.
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The pain of Ned Stark's death is amplified by his false confession in the end. After being captured, Ned falsely confesses to treason in an effort to save his daughters and himself, but Joffrey betrays him and has him executed. His true final words were a secret whisper to himself.

Khal Drogo fights Mago after he calls Dany a whore and presses his arakh against Drogo's chest. Drogo presses himself further into the weapon, causing a small wound, before killing Mago and ripping out his tongue. He lets Mirri Maz Duur treat him with Dany's encouragement. But the wound festers and poisons him. After falling from his horse, everyone tells Dany that he is going to die. She pleads with Mirri to save him with magic, but it leaves him in a vegetative state and makes Dany lose her child.

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Mirri Maz Duur: "You will not hear me scream."

She did scream.
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After Mirri's magic results in Khal Drogo's death and the loss of Dany's son, Dany burns her in Drogo's funeral pyre.

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Yoren: "I always hated crossbows. Take too long to load."

Yoren died honorably.
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A member of the Night's Watch, Yoren saved Arya when her father was being executed and disguised her as a part of his group of recruits. As they are traveling north, they are met by Armory Lorch and other Lannister men. He defiantly refuses to surrender and is shot with a bow. He yells his hatred for the weapon and takes a few men down before Lorch stabs him in the back of the neck with a sword.

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Renly Baratheon: "Negotiate with Stannis? You heard him out there. I'd have better luck debating the wind. Please bring my terms to your son. I believe we are natural allies. I hope he feels the same. Together, we could end this war in a fortnight."

Renly was killed by magic.
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Catelyn tries to get Renly to negotiate with his brother, but as they are speaking, black smoke enters the tent. As Renly stands in front of the mirror, the smoke takes the shape of a man and stabs Renly, killing him in front of Catelyn and Brienne.

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Rodrik Cassel: "Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy. Now you are truly lost."

A truly badass last line.
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Theon wants to put Rodrik in Winterfell's dungeon after Theon takes over, but his men insist that Theon execute him. Bran and Luwin's pleas fall on deaf ears, but Rodrik is not afraid. He tells Theon to do it himself, per Ned Stark's system. Theon asks for his last words before failing to behead Rodrik on the first try.

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Maester Luwin: "Osha, you must protect them. You are the only one who can. You may have to protect them against your own kind. I don't want milk of the poppy. Do it quickly."

He asked for a quick death.
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Luwin tries to intervene with the Ironborn when he saw that they were betraying Theon, but he is fatally stabbed. He manages to escape Winterfell and heads to the godswood, where Bran, Rickon, Hodor, and Osha find him. He says goodbye to the boys and tells them to go with Hodor. As he says bye to Osha, he tells her to protect the boys and then asks for Osha to kill him quickly.

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Qhorin Halfhand: "We are the watchers on the Wall."

Qhorin sacrifices himself at Jon's hand.
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Qhorin knows that he must sacrifice himself to make the Wildlings believe that Jon has deserted the Night's Watch, so he steals a sword and begins to fight Jon. He insults him and the two go at it. Per Qhorin's instructions, Jon stabs him and Qhorin whispers his final line.

Talisa and husband Robb spend their last moments together talking about their future and their unborn child. Talisa tells Robb that if they have a boy, she wants to name him Eddard, after Robb's father. But unfortunately, the two end up dead by the end of the evening.

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Robb Stark: "Mother."

This whole scene just results in sobs.
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During the chaos of the Red Wedding, Robb Stark is largely silent. After being pelted with arrows, he stumbles over to his wife, Talisa, who is bleeding out on the floor. As his mother, Catelyn, holds Walder Frey's wife hostage and begs him to leave, Robb stands up and utters his final word before being stabbed in the heart by Roose Bolton.

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Catelyn Stark: "On my honor as a Tully. On my honor as a Stark. Let him go or I will cut your wife's throat."

She had to watch her son die.
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As the Tully/Frey wedding becomes a massacre, Catelyn tries to plead for her oldest son's life, begging Walder Frey to take her as a hostage and then ultimately threatening to kill Walder's wife. Her pleas fall short. She follows through with slitting Walder's wife's throat and is killed the same way. While her story didn't end here in the books, it did on the series.

Joffrey's death took place at his wedding feast. While ordering his Uncle Tyrion around as his cup-bearer, Joffrey chows down on some pie and drinks some wine before erupting into a coughing fit. He begins to gasp for air and succumbs to the poison spreading through his body.

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Lysa Arryn: "You want her. This empty-headed child. She's just like her mother. She'll never love you. I lied for you. I killed for you. Why did you bring her here? Why?"

She came to a pitiful, rightful end.
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Jealous Lysa takes Sansa to the Moon Door, wanting to make her "fly," when Littlefinger steps in. She cries about Littlefinger choosing Sansa over her, but relents, sitting down and sobbing. Lysa believes Littlefinger has chosen her, until he says he only ever loved her sister, Catelyn Stark, and shoves her out the door.

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Oberyn Martell: "Wait. Are you dying? No, no, no. You can't die yet. You haven't confessed. Say it. Say her name: Elia Martell. You raped her. You killed her children. Elia Martell. Who gave you the order? Who gave you the order?! Say her name! You raped her! You murdered her! You killed her children. Say it. Say her name. Say it!"

This death still makes me squirm.
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In what is arguably one of the most gruesome deaths to be shown on "Game of Thrones," Oberyn is fighting with the Mountain on behalf of Tyrion Lannister in a trial by combat. While Oberyn has the upper hand for most of the fight, he tries to force the Mountain to confess to killing his sister. As he is caught up in his anger, he is swiftly knocked onto his back, and the Mountain then crushes his skull with his bare hands. RIP, you beloved soul.

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Ygritte: "You know nothing, Jon Snow."

A love that could've lasted forever.
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Ygritte's life came to a heartrending end during the Battle of Castle Black. After Olly shoots her with an arrow, she collapses in Jon Snow's arms. She asks him if he recalls their first intimate moment in the cave, and Jon tells her they'd return, to which she utters her famous line.

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Shae: "Tywin, my lion."

She shouldn't have betrayed Tyrion.
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When Tyrion goes upstairs to his father's room after Jaime lets him out of the dungeon, he finds Shae in his father's bed. When he realizes that she betrayed him, he jumps on top of her and chokes her to death.

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Tywin Lannister: "You shot me. You're no son of mine."

This death was hard not to laugh at.
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Tyrion is imprisoned after being falsely accused and charged with Joffrey's murder. After Jaime helps him escape, Tyrion goes to his father's room, only to find his love, Shae, in Tywin's bed. He kills her and finds his father on the toilet. Tyrion points a crossbow at his father and asks him questions, but Tywin feels confident that his son won't hurt him and dismisses him. Tyrion shoots him in the stomach and when Tywin spits out his denial, Tyrion shoots him in the heart.

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Mance Rayder: "This was my home for many years. I wish you good fortune in the wars to come."

Mance was burned in a pyre.
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The King-Beyond-the-Wall, becomes Stannis' prisoner after the Wildlings lose at Castle Black. Stannis offers him life if he will kneel to him. Mance refuses to kneel and responds with his final line before he his burned on a pyre. Jon shoots him with an arrow, killing him before the fire can.

He yells out his late brother's nickname on his death bed.
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As Maester Aemon grows weaker on his death bed, he imagines speaking to his late brother Aegon Targaryen and calls out "Egg," Aegon's nickname.

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Shireen: "Please, father, please. Please, no!"

This was heartbreaking to watch.
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Stannis visits Shireen and they discuss the Targaryen family and the importance of following destiny. She tells her father that she wants to help with whatever he wants her to do. He hugs her and asks for her forgiveness. Later, Shireen is taken to a pyre where she is forcefully tied and sacrificed to the Lord of Light. Her screams break her mother down, but her father stands firm and Shireen is killed. Later, it turns out to be for naught as her mother hangs herself, Melisandre retreats, and Stannis is killed.

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Stannis Baratheon: "Go on, do your duty."

He did not die a hero.
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Stannis leads his unprepared army to Winterfell, but the Bolton army meets them on the field. As the battle comes to an end, a severely wounded Stannis leans against a tree. He is approached by Brienne who tells him who she is and asks if he used blood magic to kill Renly. He admits to it, and she asks if he has any last words.

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Myrcella Baratheon/Lannister: "I know what you're trying to say. I do. I know about you and mother. I think a part of me always knew, and I'm glad. I'm glad that you're my father."

She died knowing her dad.
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On the return trip from Dorne, Myrcella reveals that she knows that Jaime and Cersei are her parents. But her and Jaime's brief happiness is cut short as she begins to bleed from the nose. Turns out Ellaria kissed her with poisoned lips before the ship took off.

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Roose Bolton: "You'll always be my first born."

What a way to go.
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After Sansa and Theon escape from Winterfell and the Bolton hunting party is killed, Roose chastises Ramsay, his bastard son. As Roose is talking, Maester Wolkan arrives and says that Walda, Roose's wife, has given birth to a son. Roose assures Ramsay that he will always be his firstborn son, but Ramsay is not pleased and stabs Roose the same way Roose killed Robb Stark during the Red Wedding. He makes up the story that his father was poisoned.

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Balon Greyoy: "What kind of an Ironborn loses his senses during a storm?"

Balon is killed by his own brother.
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As Balon, Theon's father, is crossing a bridge in a storm, his brother Euron confronts him. Balon utters his final words as Euron says he is the storm and that Balon is in his way. Balon takes out a dagger and tries to attack him, but Euron pushes him over the bridge and to his death.

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Alliser Thorne: "I fought, I lost. Now I rest. But you, Lord Snow, you'll be fighting their battles forever."

He is hanged for "killing" Jon.
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Alliser leads the group of men, including young Olly, who betray Jon and stab him to death in Castle Black. But when Jon is resurrected, he is taken prisoner and put to hang for his mutiny. When Jon asks for his final words, Alliser says he has no regrets about his decision and would do it again.

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Osha: "That so?"

She wasn't cunning enough to kill Ramsay.
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Osha enters Ramsay's room on the pretense of sexually pleasing the sadistic man. But while on his lap, Ramsay tells her that Theon explained how she helped the Stark boys escape. As she quickly rushes for the knife to stab him, he pulls one out first and stabs her in the neck.

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Three-Eyed Raven: "The time has come. Leave me."

He dies at the Night King's blade.
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As Meera and Hodor drag Bran out of the cave to escape the Night King and his army, the Three-Eyed Raven and Bran are in a vision. The Three-Eyed Raven remains in the roots as the Night King descends upon him. He utters his final line to Bran in the vision before the Night King executes him.

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Hodor: "Hold the door ... Hodor."

This still makes me cry.
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Hodor's heartbreaking death is also his origin story. As Meera and an unconscious Bran are escaping from the onslaught of wights, Hodor presses himself against the door to give them time. As this is happening, Bran is having a vision of the past and accidentally wargs the past-Hodor into the present-Hodor. Past-Hodor hears Meera screaming "hold the door," and he begins to seize and scream the same words, which soon morph into "Hodor." That's the beginning and the end for the gentle soul.

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Brynden Tully "the Blackfish": "I haven't had a proper sword fight in years. I expect I'll make a damn fool of myself."

Still mad about this death.
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The Blackfish survived the Red Wedding, only to see his nephew Edmure surrender their home of Riverrun to the Lannisters. As Brienne tries to convince him to join her in her escape back to Sansa, he says he won't run again, especially from his family home. His death occurs offscreen, so some people have speculated that he might not be dead, considering he's still alive in the books.

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Rickon Stark: "I know how to swing a sword."

He should have zigzagged.
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Rickon dies after getting hit with an arrow shot by Ramsay just before Jon can save him, but he actually doesn't speak in season six. His final words are said in season three as Bran tells Osha to take Rickon to House Umber and keep him safe.

The satisfying death of the sadistic Ramsay comes at the hand of his own hounds. As he sits tied to a chair and in a cell, Sansa watches as his hounds are released into his space. Ramsay argues that they will not harm him, but Sansa repeats that they haven't been fed in seven days and will be hungry. She was right.

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Margaery Tyrell: "Forget about the bloody gods and listen to what I'm telling you. Cersei understands the consequences of her absence, and she's absent anyway, which means she does not intend to suffer those consequences. The trial can wait. We all need to leave. We all need to leave now! Loras, stay with me. Let me through. Let me through. Let us through."

Still broken over this one.
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The part that hurts the most about this death is how smart Margaery was. She knows there's a reason Cersei and Tommen are not present for the trial and tries to leave with her life, but due to the High Sparrow's idiocy and ego, Margaery and many others are blown to smithereens in a wildfire explosion.

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Tommen Baratheon/Lannister: "Right, I'm ready. I have to go. I'm late for the trial."

His mother's choices were too much for him.
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Tommen is prepared for his mother's trial, but when he tries to leave, the Mountain blocks his way. As he is stuck in his room, he witnesses the explosion of the Great Sept, knowing that his wife, Margaery, was inside. Overwhelmed with the knowledge that his mother killed Margaery and everyone inside, Tommen takes off his crown and jumps to his death.

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Walder Frey: "Where are my damn moron sons? Black Walder and Lothar promised to be here by midday. Well, what are they doing? Trimming their c--t hairs? Tell them to come here, now."

Good riddance.
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The gross Walder Frey finally met his death at Arya Stark's hand. Using a mask from the Hall of Faces, she serves Walder a pie. As he asks where his sons might be, she tells him they are there and gestures to the pie. He is shocked and tries to flee, but she restrains him and slits his throat, the same way her mother died in his home.

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Lyanna Stark: "Promise me, Ned. Promise me."

We found out Jon Snow's parentage.
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When Bran returns to the Tower of Joy for a final vision, he witnesses his young father at a dying Lyanna's side. Viewers cannot hear much of what Lyanna tells him, but she ends with asking him to promise her something, and it is revealed that she gave birth to a young boy, Jon Snow.